His Royal Highness
by R.S. Grey
4/5
“To love is to settle, to feel calmed by a lover’s embrace.
It’s why people often define home as a person, not a place.”
I’ve spent eight years wishing I’d fall out of love with Derek Knightley. Blowing out birthday candles, chasing after shooting stars, making it rain spare change into mall fountains—every time it’s the same wish: forget about Derek.
But the day he walks back into my life, I realize there are two things time has yet to soften: my feelings for him and his chiseled jawline.
It’s infuriating that my heart still races when he walks into a room. I refuse to fall prey to old unrequited love, so I decide the less I’m around him, the better. Avoidance is key.
Unfortunately, Derek isn’t going to make it easy. As a teenager, I would have crawled on my hands and knees to attract his attention. Now I can’t seem to escape it.
I’m not sure why he’s bothering. He’s not just out of my league—he’s out of my tax bracket. As the sole heir to the Knightley Company, he’s as close to American royalty as you can get. As for me, I’m just a part-time princess at Knightley’s flagship magical theme park.
I spend my days playing make-believe, but Derek has no use for fairytales. His unwavering confidence makes it clear he thinks I’ll surrender in the end.
He’s just biding his time.
Making me sweat.
His Royal Highness always gets what he wants.
And he wants me.
But the day he walks back into my life, I realize there are two things time has yet to soften: my feelings for him and his chiseled jawline.
It’s infuriating that my heart still races when he walks into a room. I refuse to fall prey to old unrequited love, so I decide the less I’m around him, the better. Avoidance is key.
Unfortunately, Derek isn’t going to make it easy. As a teenager, I would have crawled on my hands and knees to attract his attention. Now I can’t seem to escape it.
I’m not sure why he’s bothering. He’s not just out of my league—he’s out of my tax bracket. As the sole heir to the Knightley Company, he’s as close to American royalty as you can get. As for me, I’m just a part-time princess at Knightley’s flagship magical theme park.
I spend my days playing make-believe, but Derek has no use for fairytales. His unwavering confidence makes it clear he thinks I’ll surrender in the end.
He’s just biding his time.
Making me sweat.
His Royal Highness always gets what he wants.
And he wants me.
Well R.S. Grey has done it again! I laughed out loud and fell in love with this story! If you're a fan of Disney you need to read this, the setting is so magical and made me crave a Disney trip ( which I gave into because I'm going this weekend! )! Her past few books haven't been my absolute favorites, and I felt like she was beginning to become repetitive but this one changed my mind! Was it still a rom com with a swoon worthy hero and a quirky heroine? Yes, but that's my guilty pleasure! Speaking of our heroine I loved Whitney! I adored that she was a freaking princess at Fairytale Kingdom! She was a typical R.S. Grey character but I also felt like she had a little more depth then some of her other characters do! I loved the relationship between Whitney and Cal. Cal is the owner of the theme park and also Whitney's standing Wednesday night dinner date! Cal is really more like a father to her then a mentor and trust me the girl needs someone on her side because her parents are absolute crap! From an early age her parents haven't really been there for her, not neglect but their life revolves around their other daughter, and man I felt all the feels that Whit was feeling! So Whitney decides to create her own life and family at Fairytale Kingdom!
Now our love interest Derek was definitely swoon worthy! He's older than Whitney which I really liked about his character, and I also loved seeing the progression of their friendship/relationship. Upon entering the college program with the park, Whitney gets assigned a mentor and it just happens to be the grandson of the infamous Cal Knightley, the park owner. It was also really relatable seeing how cringeworthy and odd Whitney was as a teenager, and her harmless crush on Derek. I mean we can all relate to those silly crushes! It definitely adds to the humor and even chemistry in their relationship when they reconnect years later. They create an almost explosive relationship, one filled with lots and lots of tension, and when the tension finally peaks we're rewarded with a wonderful parade scene that I died for! UGH! SO CUTE!
So why the four star? Other then the fact that I'm picky and selectively give out 5 stars, I also felt like I was more invested in Whitney's life as a princess at Fairytale Kingdom then the relationship in the book. The relationship was good, don't get me wrong but I also felt like I still would have read this book without it! So you still think I would give it a 5 star right? Sure if the book wasn't labeled as a romantic comedy, like I picked this book up for the romance and it did deliver, just not five stars! Still a wonderful book and quick read! I definitely recommend this book for a light read that gives you all the Disney feels! Also this is free on Kindle Unlimited! If you did read this book and loved it you should check out Hotshot Doc by R.S. Grey!
Now our love interest Derek was definitely swoon worthy! He's older than Whitney which I really liked about his character, and I also loved seeing the progression of their friendship/relationship. Upon entering the college program with the park, Whitney gets assigned a mentor and it just happens to be the grandson of the infamous Cal Knightley, the park owner. It was also really relatable seeing how cringeworthy and odd Whitney was as a teenager, and her harmless crush on Derek. I mean we can all relate to those silly crushes! It definitely adds to the humor and even chemistry in their relationship when they reconnect years later. They create an almost explosive relationship, one filled with lots and lots of tension, and when the tension finally peaks we're rewarded with a wonderful parade scene that I died for! UGH! SO CUTE!
So why the four star? Other then the fact that I'm picky and selectively give out 5 stars, I also felt like I was more invested in Whitney's life as a princess at Fairytale Kingdom then the relationship in the book. The relationship was good, don't get me wrong but I also felt like I still would have read this book without it! So you still think I would give it a 5 star right? Sure if the book wasn't labeled as a romantic comedy, like I picked this book up for the romance and it did deliver, just not five stars! Still a wonderful book and quick read! I definitely recommend this book for a light read that gives you all the Disney feels! Also this is free on Kindle Unlimited! If you did read this book and loved it you should check out Hotshot Doc by R.S. Grey!
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